A Sign Language Interpreter Glove That Links to Your Smartphone

By medGadget

A team of three developers, Oleg Imanilov, Zvika Markfeld, Saron Paz, and Tomer
Daniel, have developed a novel sign language interpreter glove. The
prototype glove, which was demonstrated at a recent Google developers
event in Tel Aviv, incorporates a number of sensors to detect hand
gestures which are then interpreted via a smartphone app to produce
text. Flex sensors embedded in the fingers of the glove detect finger
position while an accelerometer and tilt sensor detect hand movement and
orientation as demonstrated in the video below.

It is not clear how many gestures the system can interpret and the
device would seem to be an early proof of concept. However, it could
offer a simple and cheap interface for people not versed in sign
language to easily communicate with the hearing-impaired.